Stoke 3 - West Ham 1: Carroll nets but it's the comeback king Potters left singing

Hammers striker Andy Carroll opened the scoring in the fifth minute with his first goal of the season, rising above Peter Crouch and crashing a header past Asmir Begovic, who had rushed off his line to try to punch the ball away.

The hosts equalised in the 32nd minute when Crouch, following up his own header that had hit the bar, saw his acrobatic effort go in off the shoulder of Peter Odemwingie.

Kevin Nolan thought he had made it 2-1 to the visitors when he put the ball in the net in the 61st minute, but the effort was ruled out for offside - which replays suggested was the incorrect call.

And Stoke subsequently went on to wrap up victory, with Marko Arnautovic getting through a crowd of players and slotting in on 69 minutes before Odemwingie finished a Potters counter-attack by lashing home with 11 to go.